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Monday, August 15, 2016

Organ Donation A Noble Deed, But...

Many
of us in today’s world want to do something for the less privilege. We want to
indulge ourselves in charities in some sort or the other and contribute to the
society to which we belong. Many offer clothing, books, food, shelter to the
deprived ones and contribute to the well-being and upliftment of the poor. Many,
nowadays are extending this helping hand even further by pledging to donate
their organs after their demise. This magnanimous gesture can give a new lease
of life to many and bring in joy and hope amidst despair and despondency. What
a noble deed indeed. Hats off to these brave, kind hearted Samaritans.

Organ Donation A Noble Cause

This
is a story of many vociferous, do good people who decided to carry on their
charity even after they were laid to rest. They all donated their organs so
that the needy get a new life. They indeed had done a great service to the
humankind when their organs were replanted into the bodies of people who needed
them badly. Their families, society and many others lauded their noble
gestures, spoke at length about their kindness and love for humanity sang peans
in their memory. Equally, the recipients were indebted to these gentle souls
who had brought happiness in their lives. For them the donors were heavenly sent
messiahs, angels. They even recited their happiness and their experiences were
published widely in newspaper, in digital media. Forums were held to propagate
the importance of organ donation and the donors were extolled for their humaneness.
These instances repaired the thoughts of many cynics who had lost faith in
humanity and were skeptic when it came to good human nature. In short it
restored faith in the minds of millions of people who were suffering from many
maladies, and were desperate to reap the benefits of the largesse offered by
the donors. It was such an inspiring story for all.

A Story Sans Happy Ending

Few
years had gone by and there were news of deaths, medical complications, loss of
eyesight, kidney failures and many cases of body dysfunctions. What startled
many including me, was the cases observed were the same people who had received
organ transplants few years back and it was no coincidence. What had happened?
What went wrong? Who was to blame and many such questions were accosting the
society. Media being a strong medium today were quick to jump at the apathy of
today’s doctors, the negligence of the hospitals and the overall business that
happens at the hospitals. Media personnel barged into the hospitals and carried
out sting operations to show to the world the murky business carried out in the
temple of gods on earth. Many NGOs arranged marches and shouted slogans against
the doctors and the hospitals where these transplants were carried out. Some of
the angry citizens pelted stones at the hospitals and even tried to attack the
doctors for their inhuman approach in dealing with the gullible, helpless
people. This story became a talk of the town with media stepping up the
pressure. Criminal cases were filed against the doctors and the hospitals and
investigation was underway.

The
revelations made were baffling but not shocking. After detail investigations
were done the police gave a clean chit to the doctors and hospitals where the
transplants were done. If that was the case, who were at fault for the mishaps
that happened? The police did not yet conclude on this query which stood in
front of them unanswered. With more days gone by something came to the fore
which sealed the case. All the donors were IT professionals. Now what someone’s
profession had to do with the mishap when the donors were a respected white
collared tribe? Now this would have been a genuine question for someone who is
not aware of this tribe, but I being one of them I had got my answer. It was
their fault and it was not their fault. Now let me explain this antithesis. It
was not their fault in donating their organs, in fact it was one of the
greatest deeds of their life but they should have thought before making this
donation.

IT Prof A Doctor's Delight

Want To Be An IT Professional ?

IT professionals live a life in fast lane, late nights, insane hours
of work, round the clock customer calls, sedentary life style with eyes glued
to the computer screen for hours. The result is bad eating habits, excessive
stress to name a few. To beat this stress, they take refuge in drinking and
smoking, at times in excess and this makes them a doctor’s delight. Very less
or no exercise make matters worse. An IT professional having spent more than 10
years in this environment is an abused body mired with many possible diseases
in the form of bad eye sight and dry eye syndrome, damaged kidneys, liver, high
blood pressure, mental stress, pain in almost every part of their body and much
more. A recent article that I read thundered “IT professionals Wake Up”. The
survey conducted was an eye opener for many in IT industry. More than 90% of people
having heart attacks, High BP, depression, sexual problems, women unable to
conceive, damaged eyes, Insomnia were from IT background. This is alarming to
say the least. Two very apt acronyms namely DINKS (Double Income No Kids) and
DINS (Double Income No Sex) are coined for IT professionals. They sound
hilarious but are thought provoking. Now
just imagine people suffering from all these ailments resulting from decades of
working in IT industry, donate their already overused and overworked organs, they
are soon going to implode once in the recipient’s body. This is exactly what
happened in case of the organ recipients, they got duped by the well-wishing
donor’s overused organs. I won’t be surprised to see messages in hospitals
reading “Donor’s with IT background need not donate their organs, they won’t be
accepted”.

The above story is a figment of my WILD imagination and derived from
the realities associated with an IT professional’s life and health.

WARNING: Please be aware of the donor’s profession
before you say yes.

About Me

I am a very social, benevolent, extrovert person and well read too. I like to learn new things, be it a language an art or anything related to my profession as an IT professional. I am a trained vocalist. Listen to my songs at
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Quizzing is something I love. I have been participating in quizzes be it in school, college or at work. At times I also love to play a role of a quiz master.